Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...294..242s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 294, July 1, 1985, p. 242-255. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Infrared Stars, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass Ejection, Submillimeter Waves, Carbon Monoxide, Flow Velocity, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Spectra
Scientific paper
Broadband submillimeter observations of thermal emission from several evolved stars have been obtained using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The observations were carried out at an effective wavelength of 400 microns in order to estimate the mass loss rates in dust from the stars. Direct estimates of mass loss rates are in the range 10 to the -9th to 10 to the -6th solar mass/yr. Analysis of the spectrum of IRC + 10216 confirmed previous estimates of dust grain emissivity in the range 10-1000 microns. The infrared properties of IRC + 10216 are found to be similar to the carbon rich object CRL 3068. No systematic difference was found between the dust masses of carbon rich and oxygen rich envelopes. The largest mass loss rates in dust were obtained for the bipolar objects OH 231.8 + 4.2 CRL 2688, CRL 618, and NGC 7027. It is suggested that the ratios of gas to dust, and the slopes of the far infrared to submillimeter wavelength continua of these stars objects are probably representative of amorphous rather than crystalline grains.
Gatley Ian
Hildebrand Roland
Jaffe Daniel T.
Jura Michael
Roellig Thomas
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